Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation
Our Mission The Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation is a 501(c)(3) philanthropic organization committed Michigan to honoring Jewish individuals connected to the State of Michigan who have distinguished You’re Invited themselves in sports and to foster Jewish identity through athletics. Since its inception in 1984, Jewish Sports thanks to the generosity of many and through annual fundraising initiatives, the Michigan Foundation Jewish Sports Foundation has raised well over $1,000,000 to help fight cancer through grants to our to the Weisberg Cancer Treatment Center, part of the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute; the Karmanos Cancer Institute’s Genetic Counseling Service; the Beaumont Cancer Center; nd and other cancer charities. In addition, the MJSF has supported the Jewish News High School 32 Annual Athletes of the Year; Dr. Steven (z”l) & Evelyn Rosen Stars of Tomorrow Scholarship Program; the Jewish Community Center’s Camp KAT (Kids All Together), Fame and Maccabi Games; Kids Kicking Cancer; The Bear Hug Foundation; and the Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, located Michigan in the West Bloomfield Jewish Community Center. 2016 Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation Jewish Sports SPO WISH RTS H Board of Governors JE AL Foundation N L O A F SPONSOR LEVELS IG President Governors Past Presidents H FA $25,000 Platinum Presenting/Includes: Name and Logo designation on front cover Stuart E. Raider Joshua Bartelstein Alvin Foon* IC M E M of event program; Full color back cover in event program; Presenting sponsor event Stephen Bernstein Bill Jacobs*
Vice Presidents Billy Berris Jeffrey A. Cohen listing on all signage; 10 Tickets to induction dinner; Recognition at Brian Eisenberg Barry Bershad Mickey Fishman*
Dr. Steven Rosen (z”l) Ken Bloom Daniel Passman Greenberg Golf event Larry H. Sherman Dr. Jeffrey Deitch Richard Roth $15,000 Gold Dinner/Includes: Name and Logo designation on front cover Allen Einstein of event program; Full color inside front cover advertisement in event program; Secretary Ronald Foon Dr. Robert Felsenfeld 10 Tickets to induction dinner; Recognition at Greenberg Golf event Debbie Michelson Fuger Honorary Lifetime Member Treasurer Harry Glanz Seymour Brode
$7,500 Silver/Includes: Full-page advertisement and recognition in event program; Frank Reinstein Howard Golding Myron L. Milgrom
8 Tickets to induction dinner; Recognition at Greenberg Golf event Judy Grossman Howard J. Gourwitz
Executive Director Mathew Ishbia Dr. Stuart Kirschenbaum H A R $5,000 Bronze/Includes: Full-page advertisement and recognition David J. Blatt Dale Katz Shirley Foon Wiss L E L N in event program; 6 Tickets to induction dinner Ed Kozloff *Of Blessed Memory O IN Director of Community F F D Jay Levine A M ION Relations Rob Levy E INDUCT $2,500 Benefactor/Includes: Half-page advertisement and sponsor Sari M. Cicurel Dr. Robert Matthews recognition in event program; 4 Tickets to induction dinner. Stuart Schwartz Karen Green Simon Howard Stone AD JOURNAL Henry Wineman III Donny Wohl Full-Page Ad (7.5x10) $750 Half-Page Ad (4.875x7.5) $500 Benefiting Quarter-Page Ad (3.625x4.875) $300 Thank you for your support of the Tribute Line $125 each nd Maccabi Detroit at the JCC, Back Cover $2,000 32 Annual Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Inside covers $1,750 Induction Dinner Dr. Steven (z”l) & Evelyn Rosen (all sponsorships and contributions are tax deductible) The Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation is a 501(c)(3) philanthropic Stars of Tomorrow Scholarship Program, and the organization that has raised over $1,000,000 for cancer charities. For morew information,ww.mi contactch the Michiganiganje Jewish Sportswis Foundationhspo 248-592-9323rts.org Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
Presenting Sponsors Kenwal 32nd Annual Hall of Fame Induction Dinner SPO 2016 PILLARS OF EXCELLENCE WISH RTS H JE AL Hall of Fame Class of 2016 N L O A F IG H FA IC M E M Mathew Ishbia Sidney Fox
Mat, is President and CEO of United Shore, one of the fastest-growing independent mortgage lenders in the country and parent company of
Sid, who is athletics director at Schoolcraft College in Livonia, began his long career as a basketball coach
United Wholesale Mortgage. Mat played varsity basketball for Seaholm High School from 1996 to1998. In 1998, he was named Jewish News
at the JCC before joining the Detroit Public Schools as a physical education teacher and coach. Sid served as Athlete of the Year. As a point guard at Michigan State University from 1998 to 2002, Mat participated in three Final Four appearances, won 3 Big Ten Championships and helped the Spartans win the 2000 NCAA national championship. He was the President’s Award Winner for Best executive director for the Michigan Amateur Athletic Union, where he was responsible for administering a GPA for all Senior Male Athletes, and was a three-time Academic All-Big Ten from 2000 to 2002. Mat also was an Assistant Coach, alongside statewide amateur athletics program, including twenty-two Olympic sports. He also started the interscholastic Coach Tom Izzo, during his fifth year of college. Mat has been named one of the “Most Influential Mortgage Professionals Under 40”; National athletics program at The Roeper School; was general manager of the Novi Ice Arena; athletics coordinator for
Mortgage Professional magazine named him “25 Most Connected Mortgage Professionals”; Crain’s Detroit Business “40 Under 40”; DBusiness the City of Pontiac; and athletics director at the both the University of Michigan-Dearborn and Herkimer County
Magazine “30 in Their Thirties”; “Rising Star” and Vanguard Award winner by HousingWire; and “Most Valuable Professional in Michigan” by Community College in upstate New York. Sid holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Health and Physical H Corp! Magazine. Time outside the office is spent with his wife, Emily, and their three children, Benjamin, Jaime, and Joey. A R Education from Wayne State University, an Education Specialist Certificate in General Secondary Education and L E L N OF IN subsequent Doctorate work in Educational Curriculum and Administration. Sid lives with his wife Cynthia of FA N D Kimberly Spaulding Shaw ME INDUCTIO twenty-six years in Commerce Township. Kim was a three year varsity softball player and district champion for Farmington Harrison High School. She won three Michigan Amateur Hockey Association State Championships with Metro Flyers Honeybaked Girls Travel Hockey from 1996-1999. She went on to earn a Presidential Academic Scholarship to Wayne State University and a spot on the Division 1 Women’s Hockey team playing 125 games throughout her 4 year Robert Landaw college career. In 2003-2004, she was an AWCHA National Scholar Athlete, WCHA All-Academic team, named to the Women’s College Hockey the michigan jewish sports hall of fame Rob has been a softball umpire during regular season, playoff, and championship games for various sports All-America First Team by the Jewish Sports Review, and Wayne State Female Student Athlete of the Year Award. In 2005, Kim received the leagues since 1975. In 2012, he was assigned the championship game of the Men’s B’nai B’rith International Howard A. Donnelly Award, given in recognition for outstanding contributions to the university and to the community in the areas of student honors the athletes who make the game great tournament, where 16 teams from the USA and Canada competed. Rob is currently the Umpire-In-Chief (UIC) activities, leadership and service. In August of 2005, Kim began teaching in the Farmington Public School District. She has also coached youth for the metro Detroit Inter-Congregational Softball League. He has been selected to umpire for the West hockey teams. She continues to play competitive hockey and has won two national championships in 2006 and 2016 at the Women’s Senior B Bloomfield Police and Fire Departments, and the Joe Kocur Foundation, which includes past and present Detroit level. Kim is the mother of Drew and Grant, and takes pride in coaching her son’s mite travel hockey team. Red Wing players who raise money for charities. Rob earned two varsity letters in baseball at Oak Park High nd School. He attended Oakland Community College and Wayne State University. For the last 25 years, Rob has Michael “Stoney” Stone Celebr ate 32 Annual Hall of Fame made his career as a manufacturer’s representative in the flooring industry. Rob and his wife, Shelley, are active Stoney was born in Philadelphia, PA and from an early age knew he wanted to become a sportscaster doing play by play of games. He attended American University in Washington, DC where he was the radio voice of the AU Eagle basketball team from 1978-1980. Upon graduation, he volunteers with the Michigan Humane Society and Michigan Animal Rescue League. was hired as a production assistant for NBC-WRC. In 1984-1985 he was a producer for the Sunday evening, “George Michael Sports Machine”, Induction Dinner airing on many NBC-TV stations. In 1986, sports anchor, Bernie Smilovitz brought him to Detroit to produce sports at NBC-WDIV. Stoney won Dr. Robert “Bob” Matthews an Emmy for producing the “Best of Bernie’s Bloopers.” He also produced and co-hosted the “Sunday Sports Albom” with Mitch Albom on The original concept for the Matthews Sports Exhibit was conceived in 2007. The exhibit is housed in the Jewish WLLZ (1988-1994). In July 1994, he joined Detroit’s first all-sports station WDFN to co-host the afternoon drive show and then the long time Tuesday, September 27, 2016 Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit. The core philosophy of the exhibit is that the joy is not in having successful “Stoney and Wojo Show”. During that time the Stoney and Wojo Radiothon raised over a million dollars for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Michigan. He then moved to 97.1 The Ticket to be a part of the “Stoney and Bill Show.” He worked as a co-anchor and Evelyn Rosen and Larry Sherman the collection – but the real joy is sharing the unique memorabilia with the community. Visiting the display is like then contributor on the Sunday sports on ABC-WXYZ from 1997-2014. Stoney is married to Cyndi and lives in West Bloomfield with their twin taking a mini-trip to the Hall of Fame. The younger generation can be exposed to the significant contributions girls Jessica and Marissa. Dinner Chairs Jewish athletes have made to American culture. They can learn about the superstars of the past and take pride in their rich Jewish sports heritage. Older fans can be reunited with the heroes of their youth and relive many fond Daniel “Donny” Wohl memories. Blessed with incredible parents, who lived and practiced Jewish values, Bob and his wife, Sandy, have Donny began playing basketball at a young age for the Hillel Hawks in 1996. He played in four Maccabi games, was a starting player for the tried to perpetuate their legacy of helping others. The Matthews Family Foundation for in-home support services gold-medal winning USA Maccabiah team in the 1999 Pan Am Games in Mexico City, and played for the USA open team in the Israel Maccabiah Benefiting for older adults was formed in 2000 to provide assistance for elderly adults in our community. games in 2005 winning a bronze medal. Donny earned a varsity letter at West Bloomfield High School as a freshman playing all four years. He averaged 18 points and 10 assists per game during his senior year. He was selected All League, All District, All OAA in 2001. Donny was recruited Maccabi Detroit at the JCC, to play at Binghamton University in their first year as a Division 1 program. He transferred to the University of Michigan in 2002. He was an Donald Rudick Academic All-Big Ten Award winner 2004-2005, and three-time Bodnar Academic Achievement Award winner. At Michigan, he graduated Cum Dr. Steven (z”l) & Evelyn Rosen Stars of Tomorrow Scholarship Program, With Don as coach, the JCC Maccabi girls’ softball team earned medals at many of the JCC Maccabi Games. Laude in 2005, started 5 games his senior year and has the 2nd most steals (6) in a game in Michigan history vs. Penn State. He was also named Since 1991, he has coached girls’ softball and table tennis and was the Delegation Head for several years for the Steve Grote Hustle Award Winner his senior year at Michigan. Donny was a member of the 2004 NIT Championship team. Donny and his and the Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. the games held in Detroit. Don was the Softball Venue Chairman, Transportation Chairman, and is a steering wife, Sara have two children Maya and Jake. committee member. Don has been a baseball and softball umpire for more than 35 years and was awarded the Oakland County Regional award for umpire excellence in 2015. He has umpired several national tournaments, ALVIN FOON HUMANITARIAN AWARD HONOREE Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit including the B’nai Brith event held in Novi, MI in 2013. Don is active with Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity locally and nationally and has served as the advisor to the MSU Chapter since 1968. He is a past National Treasurer and was D. Dan & Betty Kahn Building, awarded the Sigmund Steinberg Award for excellent alumni service. Don earned an undergraduate degree at Gerald E. Rosen, United States District Court Judge Wayne State University and a master’s degree from Michigan State University. He currently serves on the Board Judge Gerald E. Rosen was nominated by President George Bush to the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in November, Eugene & Marcia Applebaum Jewish Community Campus 1989 and was invested in March 1990. Judge Rosen served as Chief Judge of the Court from January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2015. of Directors for the Michigan State Hillel and chairs the Hebrew Literacy Program at Adat Shalom Synagogue. Prior to taking the Bench, Judge Rosen was a Senior Partner in the law firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone. Judge Rosen began his 6600 W. Maple Road Don is the Finance Director for Hansons Corporate. Don and his wife Marilyn have two grown children, Andy professional career in Washington, D.C. as a Legislative Assistant to United States Senator Robert P. Griffin of Michigan. Judge Rosen served (Marnie) and Marjorie. on Senator Griffin’s staff in Washington for five years, from February 1974 through January 1979, during which time he was intimately West Bloomfield, Michigan 48322 involved in some of the most significant and challenging issues of the period. While serving as Senator Griffin’s Legislative Assistant, Judge Rosen attended the George Washington University Law School at night and obtained his Juris Doctor degree in May 1979. From 1995-2001, Chuck Shapiro Judge Rosen served on the U.S. Judicial Conference’s Committee on Criminal Law. Judge Rosen was also selected by his colleagues to serve 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Chuck, of Grand Rapids, began his journey into auto racing in 1968, joining the Sports Car Club of America as on the Board of Directors of the Federal Judges Association. During his tenure on the federal Bench, Judge Rosen has had wide experience a course marshal. He spent the next 3 years in competitive racing, driving a MGA. In 1973, he was named a in facilitating settlements between parties in a great many cases, including highly complex and challenging Multi District Litigation cases JCC Lobby national chief steward and then executive steward of the Central Division of SCCA. Chuck served as chairman of and class actions cases, and most recently as the Chief Judicial Mediator for the Detroit Bankruptcy case, the largest and most complex the stewards for CART racing in 1979 at Michigan International Speedway; was the start judge at the Formula municipal bankruptcy in our nation’s history. Beyond his professional work, Judge Rosen is involved with several charitable and community Cocktails, appetizers, silent auction, tours of the Hall of Fame, One Grand Prix in Detroit in 1983; steward at Silverstone in England in 1984,TransAM series 1991-1993, and organizations, including serving on the Boards of Directors of Focus: HOPE, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and the Community and the Matthews Sports Exhibit at the National Sports Car Club of America Championship 1994 to 1998. He took up racing again in 1996 Foundation of Southeastern Michigan. driving a TR7 and a Saab. This time cheering him on, he had his daughters and sons-in-law, Sari (Mitch) and Lynn (Harold), along with six grandchildren in his pit crew Chuck, worked along-side his father in the family 2016 JEWISH NEWS HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES OF THE YEAR 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. packaging business, Shapiro Bag Company, which he owned until his retirement. Now living in Florida with his Sit-down dinner in Handleman Hall wife Maxine, of 56 years, he continues to officiate auto racing across the country. Eliza Brown Eliza graduated from the Frankel Jewish Academy. She excelled in high school at tennis and cross country, earning varsity letters in both. Michael Shogan Eliza participated in the US Tennis Association (USTA) tournaments since the age of ten. During Eliza’s junior year she received a four-star Michael began officiating football and basketball while serving in the U.S. Army in 1972. His career has ranking in the Tennis Recruiting Network ranking system. Eliza was president of the National Honor Society at The Frankel Jewish Academy 7:30 p.m. The Berman Center for the Performing Arts surpassed 45 years. He worked the major high school leagues and conferences around Metro Detroit and and a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. Eliza plays tennis at Tufts University in Medford, MA Award Presentation followed by Dessert Reception several MHSAA post-season tournament games. Now with more than a quarter of a century of experience officiating collegiate football games, he works primarily in NCAA D-III but has also worked in many games in D-IAA, D-II and NAIA. On several occasions, Michael has been selected to officiate in the NCAA D-III national championship tournament. He has officiated countless practices and scrimmages for NCAA D-IA universities Marc Sable - Business Attire - and the Detroit Lions. Michael officiated regular season basketball contests in most major leagues in Metro Marc Sable was a graduate and member of the Dean’s List four consecutive years at Cranbrook Schools. As a high school tennis player, Marc Detroit and several holiday tournaments, conference and league playoff games. He also worked at MHSAA, reached a top 200 national ranking, top 7 Michigan ranking, top 16 Midwest ranking, four-star recruit status,and earned sportsmanship and AAU post-season tournament games, the Maccabi Games, Special Olympics, St. Cecelia’s, Gus Macker and the awards in USTA tournaments. In high school, Marc earned many honors including All-State First Team, All-American, All-County, All-Academic inaugural WNBA Detroit Shock tryout camp. There is no place Michael would rather be on a Saturday afternoon and Oakland County Player of the Year. He plans to study finance at the Questrom School of Businesses at Boston University and committed Contributions exceeding the fair market value of goods and services at the event may be considered to play Division 1 tennis. a charitable contribution for tax purposes. Estimated value of each dinner ticket is $100. in the fall, rain, snow, sun, hot or cold than on the football field.